Aid Workers Describe Inferno, Bodies 'Burned Beyond Recognition' In Rafah (www.rollingstone.com)
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who came to Rafah to escape Israel’s bombing campaign are now fleeing as it has become clear it is not the “safe zone” that was promised....
LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN HUSH-MONEY CASE (www.nytimes.com)
edit: I have changed my title to match the new NYTimes headline. Sorry about the all caps, I guess they are really excited about this lol...
Biden gives Ukraine permission to carry out limited strikes within Russia using US weapons (www.cnn.com)
CNN Will Buck Tradition and Put Commercial Breaks in Biden-Trump Presidential Debate (variety.com)
DNA on plastic fork in Florida cracks 15-year-old unsolved NYC homicide (www.nbcnews.com)
More than 90% of chickenpox cases in New York City outbreak among unvaccinated people (abcnews.go.com)
Just 1.4% of cases were among people who received two vaccine doses.
OpenAI Disrupts Disinformation Campaigns From Russia, China Using Its Systems To Influence Public Opinion (www.forbes.com)
Roberts rejects Senate Democrats' request to discuss Supreme Court ethics and Alito flag controversy (apnews.com)
Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel Alito....
OpenAI Says Russia and China Used Its A.I. in Covert Campaigns (www.nytimes.com)
Iran and an Israeli company also exploited the tools in online influence efforts, but none gained much traction, an OpenAI report said....
Michigan state trooper accused of fatally hitting a fleeing suspect with an SUV is charged with murder (www.cnn.com)
US state department report absolving Israel on Gaza aid is false, says ex-official (www.theguardian.com)
Erdogan: Netanyahu is a ‘psychopath’ and a ‘vampire that feeds on blood’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him a “psychopath” and a “vampire that feeds on blood,” following Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that triggered a deadly fire in a camp for displaced people.
The Green-Energy Revolution Shows What Real Innovation Looks Like (prospect.org)
IRS opening free online tax filing program to all states (www.axios.com)
Third person infected in U.S. bird flu outbreak — but with a new symptom (www.nbcnews.com)
John Kirby likens Israeli airstrike that killed civilians to US bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan: ‘We did the same thing’ (nypost.com)
Trump ‘seriously considering’ pardoning Julian Assange | News | gazette.com (gazette.com)
Fox News and right-wing media have already decided the Trump trial verdict (www.cnn.com)
The jury might still be deliberating, but Donald Trump’s media allies have already delivered a verdict to their audiences....
$6 for a hot dog? That’s how much Americans now expect to pay. (www.marketwatch.com)
Why AI Search Blew Up in Google’s Face (nymag.com)
Boeing’s plan to fix the company could suggest major changes (www.cnn.com)
Aircraft maker Boeing is expected to commit to sweeping changes on Thursday in a new plan meant to reassure the public, airline customers and regulators that the troubled company’s planes are safe to fly.
McDonald's: $18 Big Mac was 'exception' (www.newsnationnow.com)
McDonald’s is fighting back against viral tweets and media reports that it says have exaggerated its price increases....
California comedown: how illicit cannabis farms have left a wilderness where ‘you’re lucky to see a lizard’ (www.theguardian.com)
In the shadow of Mount Shasta in northern California, a sea of makeshift greenhouses and plywood huts sprawls between the conifer trees of the high desert. From the air, many of the polytunnels look in bad shape, their plastic covers torn by the wind to reveal what’s inside: hundreds of cannabis plants packet tightly together,...
Revealed: how a US far-right group is influencing anti-gay policies in Africa (www.theguardian.com)
A long-standing US anti-pornography campaigning group has advised, promoted and endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ activists and politicians in Uganda, including a governing party member who endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ laws by saying gays “should be castrated”, and a virulently homophobic founder of a “militaristic” Christian boys camp....
